11.15 to 12.00pm
This session will provide an overview of what an intersectional and anti-oppressive approach to therapeutic practice looks like and why it is essential to counselling and psychotherapy. Anti-oppressive practice is particularly relevant as it underpins the BACP Ethical Framework and its next Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) strategy.
The session aims to bring anti-oppressive practice to the forefront of practitioners’ thinking and provide practical ways in which counsellors and psychotherapists can work more consciously and effectively from an anti-oppressive perspective. It will explore how practitioners can sustain connected, relational, respectful and equitable therapeutic relationships, recognising that people’s experiences are shaped by their social and cultural locations.
The session will consider how oppression operates within communities and wider society, and how an anti-oppressive lens can help practitioners recognise and mitigate the impact of structural and systemic inequalities. It will also explore intersectionality and the ways in which different forms of oppression are interconnected, influencing people’s identities, experiences, wellbeing, and access to counselling and psychotherapy.
The 10 Principles of Anti-Oppressive Practice, developed by the Coalition for Inclusion and Anti-Oppressive Practice, of which BACP is a member, will be introduced as a practical framework.
The session will emphasise that culture, power, privilege, marginalisation and lived experience can profoundly shape mental health and therapeutic experiences. Developing critical awareness of these dynamics is therefore essential to ethical practice.
This presentation is available in person.
12.10 to 12.55pm
This presentation is available in person.
1.55 to 2.40pm
This presentation is available in person.
3.00 to 3.45pm
This presentation is available in person.